Clothes-drier.



P. D. RIORDAN.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29E 1918.

1,288,996 Patented Dec. 24, 191g.

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CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED APH. 29, ma.

1,288,996, Patented De@ 24, 1918.

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. To all whom t may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT ori-uen.-

PATRICK D. RIORDAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-DRIRE.

Be it known that I, PATRICK D. RIoRDAN,

. acitizenvof the United VStates of America,

residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and .State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements inClothes-Driers, of which the ollowing is a specification, referencebeing made to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relatesto improvements in cl'othes-driers and.particularly to improvements in the clothes-drier patented to ine April2d, 1918, by

An object of this invention is to provide La clothes-drier in which thewet clothes may be hung upon the drier within the privacy of ones ownlaundr and free from observation by the neigh ors while presenting theinelegant appearance forced upoirone who is doing laundry work. Anotherobject of this invention is to provide a clothes-drier in the operationof which there will be no need of leaning out of the window. with theattendant danger of losing ones balance and falling therethrough, noneed of standin on lire-escapes and no danger of falling t erefrom,therefore, due to such necessity. Moreover, by reason of the fact thatthe housewife doing her own laundry work is, in the use of theclothesdrier hereinafter particularly described, protected from theelements, while engaged in putting out the familyv wash to dry` and intaking the same in when dry, she is safeguarded from diseases due toexposure to cold and inclement weather. A third object of this inventionis to provide a clothesdrier which will be simple in construction,comparatively cheap in manufacture and4 therefore within the financialreach of the poorer classes, and safe, eiiicieiit, handy, convenientandgdurable in operation and use.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of this invention land thebest mode now known to me of applying `that principle, Figure 1 is aplan of the clothes-drier, the outside position of the line-bearingdryingframe being indicated by the dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a section onthe line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. v3 is a ,detail illustrating the bracket Specification of LettersPatent.

Letters Patent Patented Dee. 2.4, 191s.

Application filed Apri129, 1918. Serial No. 231,513.'

illustrating` in plan and elevation,` respectively, a corner of thedrying-frame.

The swinging, supporting frame a serves as a carrier and runway for theclotheslinecarrying, dryin frame b and is open at its inner end, itsside-rails a bein their outer ends by the Across ar a". The inner end ofeach side-bar a is formed with a hole a", through which passes the innerfree end of a stub-shaft or pivotin c that projects inwardly from thebrac et c fas tened to one of the sides of the windowframe d. Near rthecenter of the outer crossbar a, there is fastened (as by the screweyee), one end of a rope or cord e, which 1s ioveover a pulley f fastenedto the top of the window-frame d andlthe othe'ir end of which is securedto a fasteningv device g connected at mounted on the bottom d of thewindowframe d.. When the drying-frame Z1k is mounted upon thecarrier-frame a, the lat- The side-bars a of the are attached to thebrackets c by means of A chains and, in their operative positions, passthrough the holes c? formed Vin. the inner ends 'of the pivot-pins c.

The drying-frame b is four-sided and rectangular and is provided withseveral lengths of clothesline a' that is passed through holes c" formedin the cross-bars b and is stretched therebetween so as to be taut. Asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, the active lengths of theclothesline a' runparallel to the'side-bars b of the drying-frame b. 0n each end of eachcross-bar b', there is mounted a strap or plate 7 formed with aguide-eye j at its outer end (Figs. 6 and 7). As is clearly shown inFig. 1, the guide-straps y' extend parallel to and lengthwise of the.crossbar b to v'liich they are fastened, and the guideeyes y" projectlaterally from the frame b. When the two frames a, b, are in assembledrelation to each other (Fig. 1), the siderails a. of the carrier-framelpass through the guide-eyes y" that project from the ends of the outercross-bar b of the dryingframe b, whereby the latter is arranged toslide back and forth on the carrier-frame a. When the drying-frame ispushed outu'ardly along the carrier-trame o to the po sition indicatedhy the dotted lines in Fig'. l, the guide-eyes y" that project laterallyfrom the ends ot the inner crosshar 2'/ ot the drying-frame 7), engagethe inner ende ot the sidewalls o, ot the carries-trume u; and thedrying-frame may he locked in its outermost position hy passingloclrpiiis 7;* through holes a tornied in the inner ends of theside-rails of.

Mounted .centrally on the inner crosshar o ot" the drying-'frame 7)(Figs. and there is a proyrholdcr .7c the jaws Z1 oi" which engage theinner crossehar 7i and are held clan'iped thereto by means-ot' the screw7: (Fig. 2). The holder is formed, at the middle of its outeredgeportion, with :i hole lin, through which a prop fm, passed (Fig. 2)and in which the saine is held, in

its adjusted position, oy means of the thuinhscrew m. its is obvious theprop fm, is used to support the inner end ot the dryingfralne Z), whenthe latter is drawn inwardly to receive the wet clothes; und, 'when lthedrying-frame Z) is to he pushed outwardly along the carricrtran1e (t,the screw fm loosened and the prop ou reuuui'ed. As is clearly shown inFig; 2, the hracltcts c are Jastemad to the window-:traine l at a.height `which will permit the laundress to hang the Wet clothes withcase upon the rflryingptrauie F) and which will insure, never thelcss,that the clothes. in passiixe over the Window-sill di, will not come incontact therewith. 'In Fir/j.y il, `there is illustrated a modifiedtorni oi l'n'acket in which 'the pivot-pin c may he adjusted.ferl'ically. Here a screw n, hevinge; a hollow, tulnilar head n isscrewed into the side ot the wirr dow-frame o?. @ne end ol thepi\'ot-pin e is substantially integral with a sleeve o, which is slippedover the upper oud ot a hraeltetofod j?, whereby the sleeve o isslidahly mounted thereon, rThe upper end ot the l'naeliet-rod Y is thenpassed, through the tubular head 'n' of the screw n and its lower end isfastened, as hy the lag-screws 29', to the side of the,wiinloit-ifraine(Z. The bracket-rod p is formed with a series of holes yi throughoutnearly all its length; and the pivot-pin c is maintained at its adjustedheight hy passing a lock-pin 0 through the hole o formed in the slee-Veo, and one ot the holes p. lfn order to perniit the sleeve o to heslipped freely along the perforated portion of the har y?, this portionof the latter is oltsot troni the Windowtranie d by forming a bend orshoulder in the bracket-rod p, as at p 4f).

To provide for those eases' in which the width ot the window varies. thebracket f (Fig. has heen devised hy me. From the top oiq the hruehot "2there pri'iject upwardly the por-1 y the upper endg nll which arelvruu-d with guide-eyes gg, through which is slipped a perforated har rone end ot which is torlned with an eye r. The inner cud ol" theside-rail u is passed there- 'f'jhrough and is locked therein hy ineansoi' 'the loclopin r attached, hy means ot u chain r, to the bracket el.As will he readily understood 'troni an inspection of Fig. .7, theperforated har r may he slipped leuetliwif-ie ot itself and laterally otthe windo\\-t'ruine .f/ and may he" secured, in its adjusted position,hy passing; loclz-pins 1' through perforations lying outside oi2 theguideeyes gl.

The structure illustrated in Fig. l n senihlcd in the 'following manner:The siderails o ot the carrier-tramo ff are passed through theguide-eycsllfj that projeri 'from the outei` cross-har 7./ of thedrying-trame Z, which is then slipped along' the carrier- 'truine @neside-rail o is engaged with its pi\'otpin c' hy passino` the latterthrough the hole ai' tornied in the sidv'rrail, and then the otherpivot-pin o" may he engaged with the other side-rail of, which, hein?,somewhat tiexihle, may he heut inwardly toward its co-.acting sidefreile to permit this cntegemoet ot the pivot-pin and side-rail.v

utter which the loch-pins o are putin the holes cx. The rope o is rovethrough the guido-pulley and its tree end is fastened as at g', Fig. it,the enrricr-lrainc a being in the horizontal position shown. Thedrying-trame is drawn inwardly, the outer pair ot guide-eyes y"slidingalong the siderails nz; and, afl'ter the drying-trarne isWithdrawn Within the house, the propholder 1 is mounted upon the innercrosshar o and is secured thereto hy tightening the clamp-screw 7c andthereby closing the jews s toward each other, Theprop fm is ltted in thehole 7s* and, after it has heen suitably adjusted therein, it isfastened in place hy tightening the thumb-screw m. The apparatus is nowready for use; and the laundress proceeds to hang the washed clothes onthe lines z'. After the clothes, still wet, ere hung thereon, she graspsthe inner crosshar so as to support the dryinglramc il), looscns 'thesereY m', removes the prop m and pushes the drying'rame t) along thecarrier-traine a and outwardly, until the guideeyes y" projectinglaterally from the inner crossbar o' engage the inner ends ot the siderails o', whereupon the lock-pins o are passed through the holes a",thereby locking the drying-frame 7) in place. (The lower window-sash(not shown) may be now closed and the clothes left exposed to thesunlight and air to dry. After the clothes are dried, the Window isopened, the loelepins 3X are removed, the dryingtrarne h is drawninwardly and the prop m fastened in place, whereupon the dry clothes mayhe removed from the clotheslines i. The prop m is now removed, the

drying-frame I) is pushed outwardly along and over the carrier-frame a,the lock-pins bx, are put in place in the holes a* in the inner ends ofthe side-rails a' and the two frames a, are swung into a substantiallyupright position about and upon the pivotpins c, by hauling downwardlyupon the rope e, which is then made fast to the fastening device g.

In case'of inclement or rainy weather, the drying-frame may be removedfrom its carrier-frame a and suspended, as by means of its guide-eyesj', within the house, wherein the clothes may be dried.

In accordance with the patentstatutes, I have herein described and shownthe preferred embodiment of this invention and have explained theprinciple thereof; but I recognize that ldepartures may be made from theorinsof execution .herein disclosed without varying from the spirit ofthisl invention. Thus, as is shown in Figs.

G andv '(instead of roving the clothesline z' throughlholes z' formed inthe cross-bars b, eye-bolts i* may be fastened therein and the lengthsof clothesline fastened to the eye-bolts 71X. Such changes are deemed'by me to fall within the scope of this invention. The side-bars a ofthe carrier-frame a may be moved toward or from each other along thecross-bar a, so as to adjust the Width of tlie frame a to the widthlofthe window ,'and the side-bars b of the dryswung up and down toward andfrom said wall, said carrier-frame havlng s1de-barsthat project inwardlybeyond their pivotal points; and a'clothesline-carrying dryingframemounted" on said carrier-frame and arranged to be withdrawn within andmoved out of the house through the opening drying-frame be-4 in the wallthereof; said ing provided with means for interlocking with theinwardly-projecting parts of the side-bars of the carrier-frame, whenthe clothes-drier is to be swung up against the building-out of use. iSigned at the borough of Manhattan, city, county and State of New York,this 27th day of April, A. D. 1918, in the presence of the twoundersigned witnesses.

, PATRICK D. RIORDAN. Witnesses:

JAMES HAMILTON, v LILLIE VREELAND.

to adapt the drying-frame

